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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: In ''Battle Network 2'', at the end of [=MagnetMan's=] scenario, a Navi in the Den Square continually tries to warn anyone who speaks to them of an incoming ice age. When Lan goes to sleep, [=FreezeMan=] attacks the next day and freezes over the internet.
** In ''Battle Network 4: Blue Moon'' during the [=AquaMan=] scenario, Lan gets horoscope spam warning him to beware water. Shortly afterwards, [=AquaMan=] floods the internet.
** In ''Battle Network 4: Blue Moon'' during the [=AquaMan=] scenario, Lan gets horoscope spam warning him to beware water. Shortly afterwards, [=AquaMan=] floods the internet.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A staple of the series is to either provide scenes of the villains making heavy-handed intimations about their newest plans, or for Lan to receive e-mails warning him of a specific threat that has recently become relevant (often both).
** In ''Battle Network 4: Blue Moon'' during the [=AquaMan=] Scenario when Lan gets horoscope spam warning him to ''beware water''.
** In ''Battle Network 4: Blue Moon'' during the [=AquaMan=] Scenario when Lan gets horoscope spam warning him to ''beware water''.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A staple The original trilogy is prone to make a number of the series is heavy hints to either provide scenes of the villains making heavy-handed intimations about their newest plans, or for Lan to receive e-mails warning him of a specific threat that has recently become relevant (often both).
** In ''Battle Network 4: Blue Moon'' during the [=AquaMan=] Scenario when Lan gets horoscope spam warning him to ''beware water''.big twist.
** In ''Battle Network 4: Blue Moon'' during the [=AquaMan=] Scenario when Lan gets horoscope spam warning him to ''beware water''.
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* FreeRangeChildren: The main cast of the game are in late elementary/early middle school, yet are allowed to travel around the country unaccompanied. Lan is even able to take multiple international flights without his parents or any sort of guardian.
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** In the second game, Kotobuki Square is full of [=NPCs=] who make continued reference to praying for salvation and also introduce a shopkeeper for Bug Frags, a new form of currency introduced in this game. [[spoiler:Not only does this later turn out to be the location of one of Gospel's major bases, Gospel is also collecting Bug Frags for usage in its master plan of using Bug Fusion to create an army of Bass copies. The Square itself is also shaped like a skull, hinting at the identity of the true mastermind behind Gospel.]]
** In the third game, Lan visits the Ura Inn as part of a school trip, meeting a host of characters affiliated with it throughout the story. [[spoiler:It later turns out that the Ura Inn is host to the main server of the Undernet. This is more obvious in the Japanese version, where it is called the ''Ura'' Net.]]
** In the sixth game, Mayor Cain talks with Dr. Hikari about details of his research that are meant to be secret. When Yuichiro calls him out on this, Mayor Cain waves it off by mentioning that he has an associate that was employed by [=SciLab=]. [[spoiler:This turns out to be Dr. Wily, who later weaponizes Yuichiro's research as a means of capturing the Cybeasts.]]
* FreeRangeChildren: The main cast of the game are in late elementary/early middleschool, school yet are allowed to travel around the country unaccompanied. Lan is even able to take multiple international flights without his parents or any sort of guardian.guardian and is even expected to find and maintain his own lodgings in Netopia.
** In the third game, Lan visits the Ura Inn as part of a school trip, meeting a host of characters affiliated with it throughout the story. [[spoiler:It later turns out that the Ura Inn is host to the main server of the Undernet. This is more obvious in the Japanese version, where it is called the ''Ura'' Net.]]
** In the sixth game, Mayor Cain talks with Dr. Hikari about details of his research that are meant to be secret. When Yuichiro calls him out on this, Mayor Cain waves it off by mentioning that he has an associate that was employed by [=SciLab=]. [[spoiler:This turns out to be Dr. Wily, who later weaponizes Yuichiro's research as a means of capturing the Cybeasts.]]
* FreeRangeChildren: The main cast of the game are in late elementary/early middle
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The series lasted for six main games with a few side games before ending, and is the second series in the ''Mega Man'' franchise to reach a proper conclusion. It spawned a sequel series focusing on radio waves and set 200 years in the future, ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce''.
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The series lasted for six main games with a few side games before ending, and is the second series in the ''Mega Man'' franchise to reach a proper conclusion. It spawned a sequel series focusing on radio waves and set 200 years in the future, ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce''.
''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'', utilising a similar grid battlefield system.
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* ''[[https://www.capcom-games.com/megaman/exe/en-us/comics/ Mega Man Battle Network - The 20-Year Reunion]]'': A special one-shot drawn by Ryo Takamisaki behind the original ''NT Warrior (2001)'' manga series to promote the ''Legacy Collection'', featuring the grown-up main cast after the DistantFinale of ''6'' where [=MegaMan=] tries to arrange for them to meet at the titular reunion, [[GrowingUpSucks but with somber results]]. Also features the first official depiction of Lan and Mayl's son Patch.
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* ''[[https://www.capcom-games.com/megaman/exe/en-us/comics/ Mega Man Battle Network - The 20-Year Reunion]]'': A special one-shot drawn by Ryo Takamisaki behind the original ''NT Warrior (2001)'' manga series to promote the ''Legacy Collection'', featuring the grown-up main cast after the DistantFinale of ''6'' where [=MegaMan=] tries to arrange for them to meet at the titular reunion, [[GrowingUpSucks but with somber results]]. [[UnseenNoMore Also features the first official depiction depiction]] of Lan and Mayl's son Patch.
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* ''[[https://www.capcom-games.com/megaman/exe/en-us/comics/ Mega Man Battle Network - The 20-Year Reunion]]'': A special one-shot drawn by Ryo Takamisaki behind the original ''NT Warrior (2001)'' manga series to promote the ''Legacy Collection'', featuring the grown-up main cast after the DistantFinale of ''6'' where [=MegaMan=] tries to arrange for them to meet at the titular reunion, [[GrowingUpSucks but with somber results]]. Also features the first official depiction of Lan and Mayl's son Patch.
* FaceFramedInShadow: The ''20 Year Reunion'' one-shot has the entire adult main cast depicted like this where their faces are hidden or outright outside of the panel borders, with the only exceptions being their younger selves, their [=NetNavis=] or [[UnseenNoMore Patch Hikari]].
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** Attempting OneHundredPercentCompletion in the third game -- several unique Battle Chips cannot be acquired unless you're using the appropriate ''Style'', and considering that the player can only hold 1 Style at a time, it results in more grinding to be able to roll for the one they seek. This can be dodged by using the Bugfrag Trader and getting all other chips to abuse its 25% chance of giving a new chip, but this ends up just changing it from encounter grinding to bugfrag grinding.
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** Attempting OneHundredPercentCompletion in the third game -- several unique Battle Chips cannot be acquired unless you're using the appropriate ''Style'', and considering that the player can only hold 1 Style at a time, time unlike the previous game's capacity of 2, it results in more grinding to be able to roll for the one they seek. This can be dodged by using the Bugfrag Trader and getting all other chips to abuse its 25% chance of giving a new chip, but this ends up just changing it from encounter grinding to bugfrag grinding.
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* FightLikeACardPlayer: The requirements for organizing Battle Chips and creating Folders are basically a set of rules for organizing a deck of playing cards.
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* FightLikeACardPlayer: The requirements for organizing Battle Chips and creating Folders are basically a set of rules for organizing a deck of playing cards.cards and then throwing them at a chess board.
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** In the third game, the master of the Ura Internet and penultimate {{Superboss}} is a Navi called Serenade.
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** In the third game, the master of the Ura Internet and penultimate is a {{Superboss}} is a Navi called Serenade.Serenade. Also, the ''Blue'' version has an OptionalBoss called Punk.
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** Two Navi Customizer programs that only function during multiplayer battles are called Beat and Tango. The former summons the eponymous bird to steal the opponent's first Navi chip, while the latter is a helper that restores [=MegaMan=]'s health when it gets low, but only works once.
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** Two Navi Customizer programs that only function during multiplayer battles are called Beat and Tango. The former summons the eponymous bird to steal the opponent's first Navi chip, while the latter is a helper that restores [=MegaMan=]'s health when it gets low, but only works once.once per battle.
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* MusicalThemeNaming:
** [=MegaMan=]'s Japanese name is [=RockMan=], and the most prominent female Navi is called Roll. Their pairing is an obvious pun on rock 'n' roll.
** [=ProtoMan=] is called Blues in Japan. In the manga, an {{omake}} introduces his girlfriend, Rhythm. As in rhythm and blues.
** Every game features a {{Superboss}} called Bass (Forte in Japan). In the second game, he is cloned, but the copy is unstable and degenerates into a multibug organism called Gospel.
** In the third game, the master of the Ura Internet and penultimate {{Superboss}} is a Navi called Serenade.
** Two Navi Customizer programs that only function during multiplayer battles are called Beat and Tango. The former summons the eponymous bird to steal the opponent's first Navi chip, while the latter is a helper that restores [=MegaMan=]'s health when it gets low, but only works once.
** [=MegaMan=]'s Japanese name is [=RockMan=], and the most prominent female Navi is called Roll. Their pairing is an obvious pun on rock 'n' roll.
** [=ProtoMan=] is called Blues in Japan. In the manga, an {{omake}} introduces his girlfriend, Rhythm. As in rhythm and blues.
** Every game features a {{Superboss}} called Bass (Forte in Japan). In the second game, he is cloned, but the copy is unstable and degenerates into a multibug organism called Gospel.
** In the third game, the master of the Ura Internet and penultimate {{Superboss}} is a Navi called Serenade.
** Two Navi Customizer programs that only function during multiplayer battles are called Beat and Tango. The former summons the eponymous bird to steal the opponent's first Navi chip, while the latter is a helper that restores [=MegaMan=]'s health when it gets low, but only works once.
